Kingston history

The third quarter of 2022 was among the most symbolically charged in Jamaica’s post-independence history. The island celebrated sixty years…

New Fortress Energy’s Montego Bay Bogue terminal delivered first gas to Jamaica’s north coast in the second quarter of 2022,…

The first quarter of 2022 delivered two shocks of opposite character to the Jamaican economy: the Omicron wave, which had…

Jamaica closed 2021 on a note of hard-earned but fragile progress: a new IMF Stand-By Arrangement anchored the fiscal programme,…

Jamaica’s hard-won tourism recovery faced its sternest test yet as the Delta variant swept through the Caribbean this summer, forcing…

The second quarter of 2021 has delivered the clearest evidence yet that Jamaica’s tourism economy is on a recovery trajectory…

On March 10th, 2021 — exactly one year to the day after Jamaica confirmed its first COVID-19 case — Prime…

The fourth quarter of 2020 closed one of the most economically damaging years in Jamaica’s independent history on a note…

On September 3rd, 2020, Jamaicans went to the polls in an election held against the backdrop of a pandemic, conducted…

The second quarter of 2020 will enter Jamaica’s economic records as the quarter of the near-complete disappearance of tourism —…

The first quarter of 2020 will be remembered in Jamaica as the moment when the most sustained period of economic…

As Jamaica closes out 2019, the nation stands at a milestone that would have seemed improbable a decade ago: the…

The third quarter of 2019 delivered a familiar Caribbean combination: a strong summer tourism season and a hurricane that tested…

Three months after natural gas first entered Jamaica’s electricity grid, the evidence of transformation is becoming legible in the numbers…

In the opening weeks of 2019, a vessel anchored off the coast of St Catherine delivered a consignment of liquefied…